Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I. Sinfonia
    Claudio Monteverdi
    2:56
  • 2
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Prologue. "Virtue, go hide yourself away" (Fortune, Virtue, Love)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    7:16
  • 3
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 1. "Again I'm drawn here" (Ottone, Soldier 2, Soldier 1)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    8:32
  • 4
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 1. "My lord, do not go yet!" (Poppea, Nero)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    9:54
  • 5
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 2. "At last my hopes have ended" (Poppea, Arnalta)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    6:38
  • 6
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 3. "Oh, dishonoured Ottavia!" (Ottavia, Drusilla)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    7:26
  • 7
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 3. "There stands that most ill-fated lady" (Seneca, Ottavia, Valletto)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    5:43
  • 8
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 3. "The purple robes of emperors" (Seneca, Pallas Athene, Nero)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    8:07
  • 9
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 4. "Did I please you, my lord?" (Poppea, Nero)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    9:01
  • 10
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 5. "Though Fate allows all others to drink the wine" (Ottone, Poppea, Drusilla)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    8:44
  • 11
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 6. "I can feel I don't know what" (Valletto, Damigella)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    4:44
  • CD 2
  • 1
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act I, Scene 7. "Solitude, beloved and treasured" (Seneca, Liberto, Chorus)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    13:55
  • 2
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 1. Sinfonia – "Since old Seneca’s dead now" (Nero, Lucano)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    5:53
  • 3
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 2. "You, who received your rank and your honour" (Ottavia, Ottone, Drusilla)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    8:57
  • 4
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 3. "Since old Seneca’s dead now" (Poppea, Arnalta, Love)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    9:11
  • 5
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 3. "Here I am, here have I come" (Ottone, Love, Poppea, Arnalta)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    3:40
  • 6
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 4. "Oh happy, happy is Drusilla!" (Drusilla, Arnalta, Lictor, Nero, Ottone)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    7:37
  • 7
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 4. "My lord, now you have good reason" (Poppea, Nero)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    5:18
  • 8
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 4. "Think of her, think of my Poppea" (Arnalta)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    3:39
  • 9
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 5. "Ah, ah, my country" (Ottavia)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    4:27
  • 10
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 6. Sinfonia - "To you, to you Poppea, our Empress" (Chorus)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    4:16
  • 11
    The Coronation of Poppea: Act II, Scene 6. "My beloved" (Poppea, Nero)
    Claudio Monteverdi
    5:20

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